[Techtalk] looking for a good text editor
Rebecca J. Walter
rjp at mail.tele.dk
Thu Mar 14 19:44:57 EST 2002
On Thu, 2002-03-14 at 18:40, Jenn Vesperman wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 02:06, Davis, Jennifer wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > I started using kedit or something recently, and it is great as I am
> > learning to program C++, and I find so many bugs and errors in my code then
> > things are highlighted. However, I am now looking for a console text editor
> > with highlighting. When I code from work, I use telnet and the highlighting
> > would save me effort & time.
>
> I know vim does text highlighting, because I use it!
>
> The command to turn it on is 'syn on' (short for 'syntax highlighting
> on'). vim expects a standard file extension on the file, to tell it what
> sort of highlighting to use.
>
I think emacs does too. Althouhg I'm not sure how much color and stuff
it has in console mode. Usually it opens a window in my X with my
custom configured background and stuff.
So you can always check that too. Remember, vi vs. emacs is not a war,
it is a matter of preference. :
More information about the Techtalk
mailing list